Whereas under section 3(1)(a), (b), (cc), (d) and (dd) of the Coinage Act 1971 We
have power, with the advice of Our Privy Council, by Proclamation to determine the
denomination, the design and dimensions of coins to be made at Our Mint, to determine
the weight and composition of coins other than gold coins or coins of silver of Our
Maundy money and the remedy to be allowed in making such coins and to determine the
percentage of impurities which such coins may contain:

And Whereas under section 3(1)(f) and (ff) of the Coinage Act 1971 We have power,
with the advice of Our Privy Council, by Proclamation to direct that coins made at
Our Mint other than gold, silver, cupro-nickel and bronze coins shall be current and
that any coin shall be legal tender for the payment of any amount not exceeding such
amount as may be specified:

And Whereas it appears to Us desirable to order that, to commemorate the London 2012
Olympic Games, there should be made at Our Mint new coins of the denomination of five
pounds in gold, in gold-plated silver, in silver and in cupro-nickel:

We, therefore, in pursuance of the said section 3(1)(a), (b), (cc), (d), (dd), (f)
and (ff), and of all other powers enabling Us in that behalf, do hereby, by and with
the advice of Our Privy Council, proclaim, direct and ordain as follows:

GOLD COIN

1. A new coin of gold of the denomination of five pounds shall be made, being a coin
of a standard diameter of 38.608 millimetres, and being circular in shape.

GOLD-PLATED SILVER COIN

2. (1) A new coin of gold-plated silver of the denomination of five pounds shall be
made, being a coin of a standard weight (including the gold plate) of 28.276 grammes,
a standard diameter of 38.608 millimetres, a standard composition (excluding the gold
plate) of 925 parts per thousand fine silver, being circular in shape, and being plated
with fine gold of a standard weight of plating of 0.10 grammes.

(2) In the making of the said gold-plated silver coin a remedy (that is, a variation
from the standard weight, composition or dimensions specified above) shall be allowed
of an amount not exceeding the following, that is to say:

(a) a variation from the said standard weight of an amount per coin of 0.20 grammes;

(b) a variation from the said standard weight of plating of an amount per coin of
0.07 grammes;

(c) in relation to those parts of the coin other than the gold plating, a variation
from the said standard composition of five parts per thousand fine silver; and

(d) a variation from the said standard diameter of 0.125 millimetres per coin.

(3) The said gold-plated silver coin shall be current and shall be legal tender for
the payment of any amount in any part of Our United Kingdom.

SILVER COIN

3. (1) A new coin of silver of the denomination of five pounds shall be made, being
a coin of a standard weight of 28.276 grammes, a standard diameter of 38.608 millimetres,
a standard composition of 925 parts per thousand fine silver, and being circular in
shape.

(2) In the making of the said silver coin a remedy (that is, a variation from the
standard weight, diameter or composition specified above) shall be allowed of an amount
not exceeding the following, that is to say:

(a) a variation from the said standard weight of an amount per coin of 0.13 grammes;

(b) a variation from the said standard diameter of 0.125 millimetres per coin; and

(c) a variation from the said standard composition of five parts per thousand fine
silver.

(3) The said silver coin shall be legal tender for the payment of any amount in any
part of Our United Kingdom.

SILVER PIEDFORT COIN

4. (1) A new coin of silver of the denomination of five pounds shall be made, being
a coin of a standard weight of 56.552 grammes, a standard diameter of 38.608 millimetres,
a standard composition of 925 parts per thousand fine silver, and being circular in
shape.

(2) In the making of the said silver coin a remedy (that is, a variation from the
standard weight, composition or dimensions specified above) shall be allowed of an
amount not exceeding the following, that is to say:

(a) a variation from the said standard weight of an amount per coin of 0.215 grammes;

(b) a variation from the said standard composition of five parts per thousand fine
silver; and

(c) a variation from the said standard diameter of 0.125 millimetres per coin.

(3) The said silver coin shall be legal tender for the payment of any amount in any
part of Our United Kingdom.

CUPRO-NICKEL COIN

5. (1) A new coin of cupro-nickel of the denomination of five pounds shall be made,
being a coin of a standard weight of 28.276 grammes, a standard diameter of 38.608
millimetres, a standard composition of seventy-five per centum copper and twenty-five
per centum nickel, and being circular in shape.

(2) In the making of the said cupro-nickel coin a remedy (that is, a variation from
the standard weight, composition or dimensions specified above) shall be allowed of
an amount not exceeding the following, that is to say:

(a) a variation from the said standard weight of an amount per coin of 0.13 grammes;

(b) a variation from the said standard composition of two per centum copper and two
per centum nickel; and

(c) a variation from the said standard diameter of 0.125 millimetres per coin.

(3) The said cupro-nickel coin may contain impurities of three-quarters of one per
centum.

(4) The said cupro-nickel coin shall be legal tender for the payment of any amount
in any part of Our United Kingdom.

DESIGN OF THE COINS

6. The design of the said coins shall be as follows:

‘For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “ELIZABETH ∙ II ∙ D ∙
G ∙ REG ∙ F ∙ D FIVE POUNDS ∙ 2012”, and for the reverse an image of the skyline of
some of the most well-known landmarks and buildings in London reflected in the River
Thames, with the inscription “LONDON 2012” above. Surrounding the skyline image is
a selection of sports from the London 2012 Games with the London 2012 logo at the
top. On the gold, gold-plated silver and silver coins the London 2012 logo will be
printed onto the surface in coloured ink, while on the cupro-nickel coin the logo
will be struck into the surface. The coins will have a graining upon the edge’.

7. This Proclamation shall come into force on the thirteenth day of October Two thousand
and eleven.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this twelfth day of October in the year of
our Lord Two thousand and eleven and in the sixtieth year of Our Reign.

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